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Building a case for disaster diplomacy in South Asia

Written by Apoorva Jain

South Asia is increasingly facing threats from natural, technological, and complex disasters. Meanwhile, coordination failure is turning natural disasters into catastrophes. Disaster aid and relief can be an effective diplomatic tool in the region.

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Bangladesh’s manoeuvring of climate change geopolitics

Written by Rudabeh Shahid and Sirazoom Munira

For the realisation of the Paris climate goals, it is imperative for Bangladesh to explore the possibilities of new pathways to achieve national targets.

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis: A new regime, politics at play?

Written by Neha Gupta and Guido Cozzi

It is often observed that the dismal performance of a country on socio-economic-political indicators is indicative of the value extracting role of elites in that country and vice versa for the value contributing elites.

Dams on the Brahmaputra River

Written by Ambika Vishwanath

It is imperative that Bangladesh, China and India cooperate on the multitude of weather and climate-related issues that will continue to affect the eastern Himalayan region and work with Bhutan and Nepal to create a formal disaster mitigation and management organisation.